'Began Driving Erratically': US Woman Finds Man Hiding In Her Backseat Of Car Under A Coat
A woman in the United States was startled to discover a man hiding in the backseat of her car, shielding himself through a coat, as she was driving home.
According to authorities, the woman was so terrified that she started driving erratically, which prompted the man hiding in her car's backseat to fall out of the open rear door and onto the road.
What happened?
A police officer from the Yarmouth Police Department in the Cape Cod community of Massachusetts was patrolling near the Route 6 exit ramp just before 1 a.m. on Monday morning when he ¡°came upon a vehicle he thought was disabled,¡± according to a statement from the Yarmouth Police Department released on social media.
The woman ¡°appeared to be scared and upset as she explained to the officer what had just occurred,¡± police said.The woman told the officer she had just left a friend's house and didn't notice anything abnormal as she drove ¡ª until a light suddenly came on inside her car.
"As she looked into the back seat, she was surprised to see a man hiding with a coat pulled over his head. Extremely frightened, she began driving erratically, and the man fell out of the open rear door of the car," police said.
"Extremely frightened, she began driving erratically and the man fell out of the open rear door of the car," they said.
Accused arrested and charged
Following a brief investigation by Yarmouth Officers, Jailton Dos Santos, 36, of South Yarmouth, was arrested and charged with breaking and entering into a vehicle at night.
While the unidentified woman luckily escaped the harrowing situation unscathed, police said they hope the terrifying ordeal will serve as an important safety reminder.?"The Yarmouth Police would like to remind everyone to make sure they lock their unattended vehicles, especially at night," the department noted online.
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